Son of Julian Javier who starred playing second base for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 60's.

Played baseball and volleyball in high school.

Played amateur ball in the Roberto Clemente League.

As a Dodger at mid-season, 1990, he was hitting .331. He also had a 13 game hitting streak in 1990.

Led American League in 1988 for stolen base percentage with 20 steals in 21 attempts. Javier was a good percentage base stealer throughout his career, finishing with a stolen base percentage of 82.3 while stealing 246 bases.

Was the only major leaguer to start 10 games at each of the outfield positions in 1988.